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South Korea adopts tougher liability, platform self-rules in online disinformation law

By Jenny Lee ( December 30, 2025, 09:08 GMT | Insight) -- South Korea's government on Tuesday approved legislation designed to combat the online spread of fabricated and manipulated content, combining tougher civil liability with a new push for large platforms to police content through self-regulatory rules. The Cabinet, chaired by President Lee Jae Myung, greenlit the amendment to the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection during a meeting, locking in one of the most politically divisive speech-related overhauls in years.South Korea's government on Tuesday approved legislation designed to combat the online spread of fabricated and manipulated content, combining tougher civil liability with a new push for large platforms to police content through self-regulatory rules....

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